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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1971
Page
11
Oxford Miami University students were urged to pay winter quarter fees by mail to avoid congestion. Invoices were mailed Nov. 3 and must be received by Dec. 2 in the bursar’s office or risk cancellation of advance registration.
The Rev. Eugene C. Best a Roman Catholic priest has been dispensed from his vows and permitted to marry. He wed Eileen Lambden 42 a Notre Dame nun with the ceremony led by Rev. William M. Cosgrove auxiliary bishop of the Greater Cleveland Diocese. Best who taught at Marist until 1970 helped start interfaith programming and urged the diocese to join TV work with Jewish Community Federation and the Greater Cleveland Council of Churchmen.
CHICAGO AP Between 62 god 72% persons might be killed on the nation's highways' over the long Thanksgiving weekend, the National Safety Council estimates. The 10¢-hour period covered by the estimate begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at midnight Sunday. During the same period, 27, 000 to 32,660 persons might be injured in highway crashes, the council said. The council, which makes no count of its own of fatalities and injuries, said there were 61 fatalities during the 1970 s Voankagiving holiday weekend. The Associated Press count for the period was 646. The highest Theakegiving weekend toll recorded by The AP was 764 io 1968.
Blanket of snow covered the nation’s midsection with freezing temperatures and up to 3 inches in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. Travel warnings were issued as snow squalls persisted from the Great Lakes to western New York, adding 2 to 4 inches in spots.
Twelve boys from Cub Scout Pack 28 in Peastown earned their Bobcat pins at a single meeting. Recipients include Gary Sturgis Marc Poffenbarger David Stamper Scott Whiteman Gregg Moore Andrew Combs Steven Markle Ricky Johnson Vernon Veidt David Cornett Keith Smith and Mitchel Miller. A Den 1 Thanksgiving Day skit was performed.
Trenton residents who normally have Thursday garbage pickup will now be collected on Friday this week so workers can take Thanksgiving off. City administrator Frank Blagg said the crew will handle both Thursday and Friday routes on Friday.
Helsini Finland expanded its fish farming program since 1858 when it built its first breeding pool. The region now operates 200 ponds producing sea trout salmon whitefish rainbow trout pike and char for local consumption and export.
Frigidaire officials meet with union reps to finalize an agreement freezing wages through 1974 and recall 850 laid off workers. Local 801 of the IUE called the deal a formality, and the pact cancels two 3 percent wage steps while limiting cost of living increases. The plan extends the current contract five months and targets recalls by December 6 and February 1, 1972, with renewed promotional campaigns to sustain leadership amid potential plant moves.
The document lists numerous securities and company names including Consolidated Edison, Dayton Power & Light, Kennecott, Lockheed Martin, Mead, Monsanto, Raytheon, Phillips, and Pan American among others. It also reports livestock and meat prices with heifers, cows, calves, feeders, hogs, sows, boars, and lambs, showing ranges for weights and classes, reflecting a broad market brief combining securities and agricultural markets.
New York stocks opened lower after Monday’s slide with the Dow Jones industrial average falling about 7.5 points to 803.15, the lowest closing level since December. The NYSE composite dipped to 49.97 while volume slipped to 11.39 million shares amid fears over Phase 2 of the fiscal plan and weak world money markets. Major issues such as American Shipbuilding, Cities Service, Whittaker, and Teledyne traded lower on the list.
Cincinnati AP dispatch from USDA notes cattle sale activity with slaughter steers and heifers steady to moderately active and cows steady. Bulls show weakness with some declines. prices indicate limited movement and mixed yield grades in early reporting.
Hamilton plant blast injures five workers. Kenneth Paul, 55, of Trenton and Henry Bartow, 56, of Oxford, were hospitalized after flying glass injuries. Three others treated onsite. Power outage affected 400 production employees. Blast originated in the north power house. compressor repairs completed.
Robert J. Boone and William Johnson pleaded guilty in Butler County Common Pleas Court to malicious destruction of Ohio Bell property at 4316 Jewell Ave Midlletown. Judge Robert L. Marrs fined each $300, sentenced three months in jail with $150 suspended, and ordered restitution plus court costs.
T Harding Jones 21 son of Mr and Mrs T E Jones of Middletown Hamilton Road has been elected executive director of the Undergraduates for a Stable America a conservative student group at Princeton University Jones founder and chief organizer of the group is a Lemon Monroe High School graduate This past summer he was a White House intern in the office of presidential assistant Robert Finch former director of Health Education and Welfare
Rochester AP report says Xerox board chairman Joseph C. Wilson died at a luncheon in New York City. Nixon praised him as a model business leader with public spirit. Wilson led Xerox from Haloid days to a $1.7 billion global empire and funded medical and University of Rochester causes including a $20 million gift.
Butler County police report nearly four thousand dollars stolen in four break-ins and thefts. Items included projector parts, candy, whisky, a portable TV, a sandwich machine, cigars, watches, a safe, a hot water boiler, a trumpet and case. Locations cited include Holiday Drive-in Theater, Log House Tavern, a vacant Germantown apartment, and Hopewell Elementary School lobby.
Four area bands including the White Horse Eau Crabtree Freemont and Earth Patriots join for a fundraiser at Faith United Methodist Church Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. Lights by Franks illuminate the event with admission set at 1 dollar and all proceeds go to cancer research.
Local notices seek lost beagles, cats, a Maltese, puppies and a gold lapel watch. Beagle on Smith Ave and West Elkton area names, collars and rewards listed, contact numbers 424-0078 422-483 and others. Also reports a purse lost on Lawn Ave with important papers and a request to return contents.
Obituaries list multiple Middletown area residents including Lydia Downing 78 of 220 Monroe St. passed away at Middletown Hospital. Services at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with interment Woodside Cemetery. Also Easter F Hall 4 1714 Comren. Herman Hogg 61 Long Place. Kathleen Haren 59 Fleming Rd. Earl O Horton 64 Park St. Joseph Kossa 81 Riverview Day. Toner details: visitations, times, and churches named. Woodside Cemetery noted for interment. memorials to Nazarene Church for Haren. Funeral home and memorial arrangements by Baker, McCoy-Leffler, Wilson-Schramm.
Memorial verses recall Carl Edward Kaurich who died on November 2 1957 and Clarence Shoemaker who passed away November 23 1970. Loved ones express deep grief and enduring remembrance with family names Christine Rod Sherry grandchildren Treva Larry and Danny among those left behind.
Funeral homes listed include Riggs Funeral Home Inc with phone 422 4545, Wilson Schramm Memorial Homes at 423 6516, Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home at 422 5404, and McCoy Leffler Funeral Home at 423 9443 serving the Middletown Monroe area.
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